Ubuntu
mpd package

Init: Unable to create /var/run/mpd/mpd.pid

Bug #64293 reported by MrHaroldA
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
mpd (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Medium
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: mpd

Every time I reboot my pc, I have to recreate /var/run/mpd and re-own it to mpd:mpd to be able to start the Music Player Daemon.

"Starting Music Player Daemon: could not open pid_file "/var/run/mpd/pid" (at line 20) for writing: No such file or directory
failed."

Version: 0.12.0-0ubuntu1
Dist: (X)ubuntu Edgy

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Andy Price (andy-price) wrote :

Confirmed. This is happening because files in /var/run/ get wiped on reboot including /var/run/mpd/ so the mpd init script is unable to write the PID file to that location.

Changed in mpd:
status: Unconfirmed → Confirmed
Mateusz Drożdżyński (matid)
Changed in mpd:
importance: Undecided → Medium
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Lionel Porcheron (lionel.porcheron) wrote :

Here is the patch that fix the problem (creates the the pid dir in the /etc/init.d/mpd script).

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Xavier (chantry-xavier) wrote :

Confirming the issue, and that the patch (which I applied manually) fix the problem. But is this a proper fix?
It seems there are several pid files in /var/run/, so it isn't specific to mpd. Is it handled the same way in other apps? (pid file specified in a config file, and the init script has to parse the config file to get the path)

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Xavier (chantry-xavier) wrote :

mpd (0.12.1-1ubuntu1) edgy; urgency=low

  * Sync from Debian Sid
  * debian/mpd.init.d:
    - create /var/run/ directory if necessary and set proper permissions
      (Closes Ubuntu 64293)

 -- Lionel Porcheron <email address hidden> Sat, 14 Oct 2006 13:02:49 +0200

Xavier (chantry-xavier)
Changed in mpd:
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
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